Show RUSSELL SAGE WRITES EPIGRAMS ON RICHES ft ft P JJ s a- yo v v. v ft ft tt II ft tI ft ft ft ft ft II SAGE EPIGRAMS ft tf v ft To rail against the accumulation ft ft tion of wealth is to rail against H ft the decrees of justice ft IP tI ft No man has a right to wealth ft IP ft who has not a sense of the re- re reft ft I ft that goes with it ft ft Capital represents crystallized ft ft efforts of the past while labor is ft I ft pres present nt energy and skill ft ft If the truth were known con con- ft ft of wealth is popular ft It I ft with the masses ft ft There never was s a day when ft ft tP capital and labor were so near to- to toft ft ft IP gether as now ft ft ft tit ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft t t ft ft ft ft Russell Sage has written a short article article ar ar- for the Independent entitled Wealth Yealth A A Decree of Justice The article ar ar- is replete with epigrams and shows shO conclusively that Mr Sage has given the subject of the article very earnest thought Some of the most pointed en- en are reproduced above and while many people will doubtless disagree with Mr 1 Sage the following ing extracts from his composition should prove in interesting in- in reading Intelligence in honesty and thrift produce wealth and those who possess such qualities are the best fitted fitted fit fit- ted for its custody Persons who are unable to acquire money are necessarily not capable of its proper use or c care re I So long as s some men have more sense and more self control than others just so long will such men be wealth wealthy It n is just as wicked to some men with large amounts of mori money y as it would be to put an idiot in charge of an express train The chief responsibility of the man manof of wealth is in using his money for purposes purposes pur pur- poses that will do do the greatest good to the greatest number It is observable that the very rich men of today are far more democratic than ever before in the history of the world 1 There may come a time when the State will put a limit upon a man mans man's fortune for for- tune i The people know that up to the present pres ent time the great capitalists have been only industry To put a premium on brains and honesty is the only way to level things I up Any YAny of the rights of capItal cap cap- I ital would work Incalculable injury to the workingman Concentration of wealth is c certainly good for lor th the Americans I fall fail to see the dangers arising from wealth that at th the demagogues make such sucha a hue and cry about It Is to the concentration of capital and the concentration of labor which amounts ts to the same that our com commer commercial mercial mer- mer cial supremacy throughout the world will be due I |